Explore items from Melanesia

1943-06-15. NEW GUINEA. A.I.F. BAKERS AT WORK IN NEW GUINEA. PTE. N. BLACKSHAW OF WEST RYDE, N.S.W. WITH AN ARMFUL OF LOAVES. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-06-18. NEW GUINEA. THE NATIVE VILLAGE OF HANAUBADA, PORT MORESBY AFTER IT HAD BEEN SWEPT BY FIRE, WHICH IT IS BELIEVED WAS ACCIDENTAL. THIS WAS THE BIGGEST VILLAGE OF "SALTWATER" NATIVES IN ..

1943-06-26. NEW GUINEA. AT A CONVALESCENT CAMP SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA. PHYSIOTHERAPY TREATMENT IS GIVEN TO RESTORE INJURED MUSCLES AND NERVES. AN OVERHEAD LADDER SEVEN FEET HIGH WITH RUNNERS 12 ..

GERMAN GOVERNMENT HOUSE, RABAUL, UNDER OCCUPATION BY THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY AND MILITARY EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (AN&MEF). AN AUSTRALIAN SENTRY CAN BE SEEN AT THE GATE. 1914-10. (DONATED BY MR. W.H. ..

1943-06-25. NEW GUINEA. LIEUT. WILLIAM MOREAU, OF NEW JERSEY, AND TECH SERGEANT JOHN D. MILLS, OF MONROE, NORTH. CAROLINA, CHECKING OVER 1,000 AND 2,000 POUND BOMBS. THESE BOMBS ARE WAITING TO GO ..

1943-05-07. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. AIRCRAFTMAN I D.W. NETHERCOTE PLUGGING IN GELIGNITE DURING THE CLEARING OF AN AIR STRIP AT MILNE BAY. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-05-07. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. AN ALLIED VESSEL WAS HIT DURING THE 1943-04-14, JAPANESE RAID ON MILNE BAY. PICTURE SHOWS DR. PAUL SCHUDMKA, DOCTOR OF THE SHIP. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-05-07. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. JAPANESE RAID ON MILNE BAY ON 1943-04-14. PICTURE SHOWS WRECKED LIFE BOATS FROM A VESSEL WHICH SUFFERED A NEAR MISS. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-05-07. GOODENOUGH ISLAND. TALL MOUNTAINS AT GOODENOUGH ISLAND, 7000 AND 8500 FEET. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-05-07. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. LAC W. SIMPSON OF UNLEY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, PUTS THE FINISHING TOUCHES TO AN INKWELL HE MADE OUT OF JAPANESE BULLETS AND WOODEN SOUVENIRS. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-05-10. NEW GUINEA. THIS PHOTO, ONE OF THE FIRST TAKEN OF THE MEN WORKING IN THE WAR ZONE, IS OF G. ASKEW 60, OF PADDINGTON, N.S.W. ASKEW WAS IN THE MERCHANT MARINES IN THE LAST WAR. (NEGATIVE ..

1943-05-10. NEW GUINEA. THIS PHOTO IS ONE OF THE FIRST TO ARRIVE IN AUSTRALIA SHOWING THE CORPS AT WORK IN NEW GUINEA. JIM ALLERSLADE OF DARWIN HANDS A PLANK TO ANOTHER WORKMAN. (NEGATIVE BY F. ..